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Written question asked by Marquess of Ailesbury (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 15 April 1993. It was answered by Earl of Caithness (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 April 1993.


Caithness, RtHonEarl

Question
Whether HMG can estimate the number of forged £50 notes in circulation. - Inc fact that not possible to estimate how many counterfeit £50 notes might be circulating. The number of counterfeit notes of all denominations received by Bank of England leads it to believe that they represent only a very small fraction of 1% of total no. of notes in circulation.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
544 c95WA
Session
1992-93
Subjects
Bank notes Forgery
Contains statistics
Yes